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Politburo

or ʴ···𲹳

[ pol-it-byoor-oh, poh-lit-, puh-lit- ]

noun

  1. (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.


Politburo

/ ˈɒɪˌʊəəʊ /

noun

  1. the executive and policy-making committee of a Communist Party
  2. the supreme policy-making authority in most Communist countries
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

politburo

  1. A commonly used name for those who made the major governmental decisions in the former Soviet Union . A politburo, in general, is the chief committee of a communist party.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of Politburo1

< Russian DZٲܰó, shortening of politícheskoe byuró political bureau
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of Politburo1

C20: from Russian: contraction of Politicheskoe Buro political bureau
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Xi and the six other members of the Politburo Standing Committee were out planting trees to draw attention to the need to counter deforestation.

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Widely seen as Xi's right-hand man, 66-year-old Cai sits on the Communist Party's seven-man Politburo Standing Committee, China's equivalent of a cabinet.

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Han, who was appointed vice-president in March 2023, is known as "number eight" - the most senior leader after the seven men in the Politburo Standing Committee.

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But the fact that Han no longer sits on the Politburo Standing Committee may have been a key consideration in Beijing's decision to send him.

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It has voted in a pro-democracy, anti-Beijing president, William Lai, whom the politburo in Beijing absolutely detests.

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